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E. CLAYTON.

CLOTHING SAMPLE.

No. 323,113. Patented July 28, 1885. 271154Z.

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lINrrEi) STATES EDWARD CLAYTON, OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

CLOTHING SAMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,113, dated July 28, 1885.

` Application tiled. February 26, 18:54. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD CLAYTON, of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, haveinvented anew and Improved Clothing Sample, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved clothing sample in which the cloth lining, buttons, pockets, and trimmings in general of the article of clothing can be shown Within a very small compass.

The invention consists in a piece or sample of cloth of which the article of clothing is to be made, on which piece samples of the buttons to be used on the garment are fastened, button-holes and pockets formed, trimmings and linings secured, the manner or" finishing the lining shown, price and size cards attached, &c., so that every distinctive feature ofthe garment will be shown on the abovey mentioned piece of fabric or the sample.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsinboth the gures.

Figure l is a face View of my improved clothing sample. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.

On a piece, A, of the cloth or fabric of which the suit or garment is to be made one button, B, of each kind is sewed or otherwise secured, and in the piece A a button-hole, C, is made and finished in the same manner as the button-holes Will be nished in the suit or garment. A pocket-slit, D, With or without a flap, D', is also formed in the piece A, and is finished in the same manner as the pockets will be finished in the suit or garment. To

the back of the piece A the lining E is sewed, and part of the same isv stitched in the manner that the lining is to be stitched in the garment. A hanger,F,ol"thekind to be secured on the garment is secured on the piece A. On the piece A are also secured a size-card,H, and price-card G, which cards carry the different sizes, prices, and othernecessary information. The sample is very compact; can be sent by mail; it occupies verylittle space,thuseuabling a traveling salesman to carry alarge number ot' patterns and samples Which he could not do as well if he would have to take a suit or a garment as sample. rIhe sample-cards also make it very convenient to select a certain kind of cloth, manner of nish, lining, buttons, &c., Without requiring the party selecting it to go to the tailors establishment and Without requiring the transportation of entire suits or garments to the customers house, as everything relating to the suit or garment is shown on the sample.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A clothing sample consisting of a single piece of cloth on which buttons, lining, a hanger, and price-cards are secured, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. yIn, a clothing sample, the combination, with a single piece of cloth in Which a buttonhole is made, ot' buttons, lining, and price-card secured on the said piece ot' cloth, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a clothing sample, the combination, With a single piece of cloth in which buttonholes and pocket-slits are formed, of buttons, linings, and price-cards secured on the said piece of fabric, substantially as herein shown and described.

EDVARD CLAYTON.

Titnessesz CscAn F. GUNZ', C. SnDGWrcK. Y 

